It is a fact that no country in the world is totally corruption-free. However some countries are better off than others in the Corruption Perception Index, as over 68 per cent of countries in the […]
The G20 Summit recently held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 30 toDecember 1 was the 13th meeting of the G20 and first ever to be hosted in South America. The summit brought together the […]
Many people have confronted me with the scripture that says “money answereth all things” (Ecclesiastes 10:19). “Once there is money, marriage will work, they say.” I have always asked them: “Why are billionaire couples divorcing?” […]
Difficult as they have been, the Buhari administration years appear to be the fastest we have had in recent times. While the opposition is catching its breath, it would seem, the administration is already on […]
AMIDST serious expressions of doubt over its ability to conduct free and fair polls next year, it is reassuring that the Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has continued to be generally upbeat […]
CITIZENS, and indeed, candidates for any election, are bound by law and morality to abide by all the regulations guiding the exercise, including respecting the will of the people expressed in credibly-conducted elections. The notion […]
Recently, there was chaos along Ikorodu Road, following the mayhem reportedly orchestrated by two policemen attached to a bank in the neighbourhood. According to reports, the two policemen unleashed maximum terror on two officials of […]
I’ve never ceased to be amazed at the increasing westernization of our society, particularly in respect of romantic relations. Not a movie buff, but I can’t help noticing the increasing popularity of this “Will you […]
JUST like a majority of Nigerians who have come to see the APC-led government of President Muhammadu Buhari for what it is, a government of ineptitude coated with stark incompetence and lacking in any leadership […]
MANY Nigerians are probably beginning to treat news of gruesome killings by bandits, especially in Zamfara State, with the just-another-story mentality. Admittedly though, the perception has got nothing to do with the lack of sensitivity […]
AS if the manifold problems that Nigerians are daily confronted with were not enough, Nigeria now ranks first in Africa in the tuberculosis disease burden. According to the Director of Public Health, Federal Ministry of […]
IF the famous Williams Shakespeare had written his 1596-99 play, Merchant of Venice in this generation, he would have been accused of hate speech, condemned, sidelined and declared a racist. That is because the play […]
Child marriage is an issue that must be addressed because of its grave implications That the prevalence of maternal and child mortality has grave impacts on our human capital development is not in doubt. What […]
Statistics of death on our roads are becoming rather alarming. Last month, 11 students of the University of Maiduguri who were sent home from school because of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) […]
At the heart of the rot that currently ails Nigeria’s universities is the embarrassing gulf between our tertiary institutions and the organised corporate sector. Ordinarily, the fact that the ivory trains the workforce for the […]
APPREHENSION is mounting in the polity over the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as it concerns the credibility of the 2019 general election. Matters got out of hand at the weekend when […]
Spending of security votes without rendering account is criminality that most governors and presidents have indulged in since the start of the Fourth Republic. It is gratifying, therefore, that the Court of Appeal underscored this […]
REALISING belatedly that it is at its wits’ end in the quest to liberate the Chibok schoolgirls from Boko Haram captivity, it seems Nigeria might finally be ready to embrace full-scale international assistance. A subtle […]
AS presidential and governorship candidates mount the soapbox for the 2019 elections, Nigerians should seize the opportunity to engage them on pragmatic plans for a sea change in the education sector if elected. Political leaders […]
The way forward is two-fold. INEC has decided to plan and conduct the next general election due on February 16 and March 2, 2019 on the extant Electoral Act 2010, as amended in 2015, as […]
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